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Gunhild Hoogensen is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Tromsø. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science specializing in International Relations and Comparative Politics from the University of Alberta. Her main research interest is the application of the human security concept, informed by gender and indigenous perspectives, to the Arctic context. Relevant research questions include: Is human security relevant to the Arctic context, and if so, how? What does a gender-informed human security concept look like? What does Arctic human security look like, and how can it inform the broader concept? How does Arctic natural science research inform human security in the Arctic? Dr. Hoogensen leads the Human Security in the Arctic project along with her Norwegian and Canadian colleagues Dr. Dawn Bazely (York University), Dr. David Malcolm (Arctic Energy Alliance), Dr. David DeWitt (York University), and Dr. Geir Wing Gabrielsen (Norwegian Polar Institute). The project is currently investigating the impacts of oil and gas development on Arctic peoples (indigenous and non-indigenous) through the concept of human security. The project is multidisciplinary, including political science, geography, biology, ecotoxicology and engineering. Her other current research investigates relations of security, the applicability of human security to terrorist networks, and a book co-authored with Dr. Bruce Solheim on women world leaders (forthcoming, Praeger publishers). Her book International Relations, Security, and Jeremy Bentham (Routledge) was released July 2005, with other articles most recently appearing in Security Dialogue, Canadian Foreign Policy, and International Studies Review.